philosophy of the times must be re- nounced by the aspirant to Christian wisdom: “ For the wisdom of the world is folly with God” (= i. 20); and since it is folly with God, it must be counted folly, and not wisdom, amongst you (18). God’s judgment is decisive for His Church.—rapa, Θεῷ, apud Deum, judice Deo (see parls.).
Vv. τοῦ, 2ο. That the above is God’s judgment appears from two sayings of Scripture, bearing on the two classes of worldly wise—the men of affairs (Such as the ἄρχοντες of ii. 6) and the philo- sophers (i. 20), distinguished respectively by πανουργία and διαλογισµοί. In the first text (the only N.T. quotation from Job: Phil. i. 19, perhaps an allusion), Paul improves on the LXX, possibly from another version, substituting the vivid 6 δρασσόµενος (He that grips: cf. δραξά- µενος gdapvyyos, Theocritus, xxiv. 28) for 6 καταλαμβάνων, and πανουργίᾳ. αὐτῶν for dpovyger,—both nearer to the Heb. (LXX reads πανουργίαν in ver. 12). The words (from Eliphaz) are ''αρ- propriated because of their inherent truth” (Lt.); they reassert the anticipa- tion expressed in ii. 6. For wavoupyiay. see parls.; note its deterioration of mean- ing, as in Eng. craft. When the world’s schemers think themselves cleverest, Providence catches them in their own toils. — The second text P. adapts by turning ἀνθρώπων into σοφῶν: what is true of the vanity of human thoughts. generally (machsh’both ’adam) he applies par excellence to ‘the reasonings οἱ the wise ”.—Stadoyiopol, signifying in Plu- tarch’s later Gr. debates, arguings (see parls.), recalls i. 19 f. above, echoing the quotation of that passage. On µάταιοι,. futile, see note to xv. 14 (κενός).
Ver. 21a. ὥστε μηδεὶς καυχάσθω ev
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